How to find or change your WIFI Password

Your WIFI password or Key as it is called, is located in the settings of your
WIFI Router. Follow these steps if you want to:

(1) set up encryption for your WIFI. In some cases, new routers
will not have encryption set up. Telstra Bigpond Routers ship with encryption
already setup. Included with the Router will be a Blue Plastic Card
showing the WIFI Password.

(2) Change your WIFI Key

(3) View your WIFI Key

(4) Make other changes to your Router.

Step one: Connect a computer to the Router by Ethernet Cable: (these
procedures can not be done over the WIFI link)

Step two: On the computer open up the Command Prompt.

Click on Start then on All Programs then on Accessories. In Accessories
click on Command Prompt. Another way is to click on Run and type CMD or just
type CMD in the Search Field above the Start Button on Windows 7. In
Windows 8, just type CMD then click on CMD when the window pops up.

Step three: Once in the command prompt type ipconfig and
press enter. A window similar to this will open:

Look in the section "Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection" and take
note of the Default Gateway IP Address. In this example the IP address is
192.168.178.1.

That is the IP address of the Router.

Close the Command Prompt by typing Exit.

Step four: Open a Browser and in the address field type in the IP address of
the Router and press enter. You will then see a window similar to this one.
Yours will be different because each brand of router is slightly different.

Enter the User Name and Password of the router. This password is NOT the same
as the WIFI password. It is just an administrator password to allow access to
the routers settings. In most cases the user name will be admin and the password
will also be admin or just blank.

If you can't get past this point, that means someone has changed the password
from the default password and you have to reset the router to factory defaults.
To reset the router, get a paper clip and insert it in a tiny hole on the rear
or side of the router while the router is on. Hold it in for several
seconds until the lights start to blink. This will reset all the routers
settings, including removing the WIFI password and encryption.

Step Five: Once you get into the routers settings, go to the Wireless
section. It will look something like this:

This example is for a Dlink and the password is not visible, just the black
dots. In this case it is called a Passphrase and you can change it.
Take a look at the settings and make sure you understand them. Turn
on the Radio if it is not already on. The SSID is the identification name
of your WIFI signal that people see when picking a WIFI to log on to. Put
in a unique name.

For security pick WPA-PSK and give it a good key or passphrase.
Write it down so you don't forget it.

This is an example of the Linksys router setup page. Here you can actually
see the Key (no black dots).